Post by Logan on May 11, 2016 13:10:40 GMT -6
The Puerto Rico Monitor Endorses Bernie Sanders For President
The Democratic Party Presidential nomination caucuses in Puerto Rico take place on June 5th. While residents of Puerto Rico can't vote in the Presidential election, they can at least have a say in who gets to be the nominee for each of the two major parties. Those Puerto Ricans who are planning on voting in the Democratic primary would do well to use that voice to tell the Democrats that Bernie Sanders needs to be their nominee.
Senator Sanders is the only candidate who is calling for real help for Puerto Rico as it goes through its devastating financial crisis,and is also the only one who has committed to really following through on the desires of the Puerto Rican people regarding the island's relationship with the U.S. He is also for instituting common-sense government programs that nearly every other industrialized country already has: universal health care and free access to state colleges.
Unlike his primary opponent Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders is not owned by the financial industry, and does not take their money. Also unlike Clinton, he is against involving the US (and Puerto Rico) in more unnecessary wars. Senator Sanders is the only candidate that makes sense, both for the mainland and for its largest colony. A vote for Sanders can spare us the insanity and instability of Donald
Trump and the calculating corruption of Hillary Clinton. He is truly a people's candidate. His career in Congress more than proves that.
Read more: puertoricomonitor.blogspot.com.au/
The Democratic Party Presidential nomination caucuses in Puerto Rico take place on June 5th. While residents of Puerto Rico can't vote in the Presidential election, they can at least have a say in who gets to be the nominee for each of the two major parties. Those Puerto Ricans who are planning on voting in the Democratic primary would do well to use that voice to tell the Democrats that Bernie Sanders needs to be their nominee.
Senator Sanders is the only candidate who is calling for real help for Puerto Rico as it goes through its devastating financial crisis,and is also the only one who has committed to really following through on the desires of the Puerto Rican people regarding the island's relationship with the U.S. He is also for instituting common-sense government programs that nearly every other industrialized country already has: universal health care and free access to state colleges.
Unlike his primary opponent Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders is not owned by the financial industry, and does not take their money. Also unlike Clinton, he is against involving the US (and Puerto Rico) in more unnecessary wars. Senator Sanders is the only candidate that makes sense, both for the mainland and for its largest colony. A vote for Sanders can spare us the insanity and instability of Donald
Trump and the calculating corruption of Hillary Clinton. He is truly a people's candidate. His career in Congress more than proves that.
“When people are suffering and hurting, you don’t continue to squeeze them. We cannot allow Puerto Rico’s budget to be balanced on the backs of the most vulnerable people – working families, veterans, the elderly, children and the poor. It is not only morally wrong, it is also economically unsustainable.” — Bernie Sanders
Read more: puertoricomonitor.blogspot.com.au/